LOS ANGELES — It took them long enough, but No. 99 scored his 99th and the red-hot Los Angeles Football Club managed to secure its fifth consecutive victory Sunday at BMO Stadium.

Suffering through a cold shower for 85 minutes due to downtrodden Atlanta United’s defensive-minded tactics, Denis Bouanga finally got on the end of one to bag his 24th goal and lock down a 1-0 win that guaranteed LAFC (16-7-8, 53 points) home field advantage in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs later this month.

Bouanga’s finish, tying Lionel Messi for the most goals in Major League Soccer this season, came after a lofted ball by Mark Delgado into the box was headed away by an Atlanta defender. However, it fell directly in Bouanga’s path, and his first-time shot near the six-yard box squeezed between the

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